Cosmos · SEASON 1

Some of the Things that Molecules Do

Episode 2 · 2014-03-16

★ 8.4
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Season 1Episode 2★ 8.4/10
  • Documentary

Episode overview

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a voyage to explore the relatedness of all living things and the possible evolution of life in the cosmos. Go on a journey to discover how artificial selection turned the wolf into canine breeds and how natural selection sculpted the complex human eye. Later, Tyson visits the grand Hall of Extinction, a monument to all the broken branches on the tree of life. Retrace the story of life on Earth and the unbroken thread that stretches from the first one-celled organisms to human life.

44 minutes

Season 1 episodes